Written by Ameer Muhammad Jaffrey
Forex: It stands for Foreign Exchange known as ‘FX’. In this trade, at the same time buying one and selling another. This is a largest financial liquid market function in 24 hours a day, neither a conventional logic nor a central trading place while trade via telephone, internet or through electronic mechanism.
The primary market for currencies is the connecting market where banks, insurance companies, government, public sector, large corporations and financial institutions mange the risks related with fluctuations in currency rates.
Therefore, this market is for new long term equity capital where the securities are sold for the first time. The majority trade is used on the basis of comparative speculation of one currency against each other as currencies trade in pairs, for instance Euro-US Dollar (EUR/USD), US Dollar/Japanese Yen (USD/JPY) or Pound Sterling/ US Dollar GBP/USD.
USD/JPY = "Dollar Yen"
GBP/USD = "Cable" or "Sterling"
USD/CHF = "Swissy"
USD/CAD = "Dollar Canada" (CAD referred to as the "Loonie")
AUD/USD = "Aussie Dollar"
NZD/USD = "Kiwi"
- Overseas/Foreign trade (5%). It refers to exports of goods and services by a firm to a foreign-based buyer (importer).
- Speculation (95%) obligation in business transactions involving significant risk but offering the chance of large gains.